Triggers are not necessarily something that I have to eliminate or get rid of, but rather something I need to understand and be aware of.

Because when we are aware of the things that might heighten us or might trigger us or bother us, we're better able to work with them.

I'm Amy and I'm Abby. And as women, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others.

But your life isn't supposed to look like hers. Being your best self means standing firm in your

decisions and always being willing to grow with a purpose. We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all face.

Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose what life looks like for herself.

I just want to start this introduction with saying how thankful Amy and I both are for this

interview with Dr. Amber Thornton. If you are a person who feels impatient, feels dysregulated,

yells once in a while, and then feels immediate regret and guilt and shame, this is the

episode that you need to listen to and make sure to listen

all the way to the end. I was actually tearing up at the end with some of her responses

because we are just so hard on ourselves as parents. And it's interviews like this one that

give us some grace and give us some strategies to not only make it through the really,

really tough times, but then also,

you know, the little times, the second shift, the, you know, the toughness at bedtime,

you know, having troubles transitioning with schedules. There's so much on our plate as parents,

and experts like Dr. Amber Thornton just make it easier. So let's get into this interview.

We know you're going to take so much from it,

and we cannot wait to hear how it's going to majorly, majorly impact your life in such a positive way.

We're really looking forward to this conversation today and learning more about our own emotional regulation.

I know this comes up for so many of us when we have kids, multiple kids.

So I wanted to start off by asking, how do you think parents find themselves in a state of

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